US community action news/2023

‘It feels very fun and freeing’: US sees ebike boom after years of false starts, theguardian.com (Dec 22, 2023)
‘I thought we had more time’: how motherhood spurred a New Yorker’s fight against fossil fuels, theguardian.com (Dec 19, 2023)
Climate migration may become "abandonment" as people flee flooding, axios.com (Dec 18, 2023)
California children sue EPA over ‘intentional’ role in climate crisis, theguardian.com (Dec 11, 2023)
Massachusetts Just Took a Big Step Away from Natural Gas. Which States Might Follow?, insideclimatenews.org (Dec 07, 2023)
November 2023[edit | edit source]
We rarely hear about the disasters that were avoided – but there’s a lot we can learn from them, theconversation.com (Nov 23, 2023)
Coast Salish Indigenous, sustainable salmon fishery, by Liz Kimbrough, news.mongabay.com (Nov 21, 2023)
Revealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes, theguardian.com (Nov 20, 2023)
‘We needed to get off the grid’: New Orleans’ community-driven response to blackouts, theguardian.com (Nov 16, 2023)
NYC launches free online therapy for teens, chalkbeat.org (Nov 15, 2023)
October 2023[edit | edit source]
SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds, theguardian.com (Oct 16, 2023)
How ‘recovery doulas’ are helping Montanans navigate addiction and parenthood, montanafreepress.org (Oct 16, 2023)
Opinion: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight, latimes.com (Oct 15, 2023)
Citizens' Assemblies should lean towards becoming a parallel polis - and much less a democratic figleaf for establishments, Daily Alternative (Oct 14, 2023)
‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars, theguardian.com (Oct 11, 2023)
Climate: California governor signs law requiring big businesses to disclose emissions, lemonde.fr/en (Oct 08, 2023)
Pope Francis: ‘Irresponsible’ Western Lifestyles Push the World to ‘the Breaking Point’ on Climate, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 05, 2023)
In the Ambitious Bid to Reinvent South Baltimore, Justice Concerns Remain, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 02, 2023)
September 2023[edit | edit source]
Flock of California Condors Spotted In Contra Costa County for the First Time in 100 Years., sfist.com (Sep 25, 2023)
Thinking Long-Term: Why We Should Bring Back Redwood Forests, e360.yale.edu (Sep 25, 2023)
Three California Tribal Nations Declare First U.S. Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area, nativenewsonline.net (Sep 21, 2023)
Biden uses executive power to create New Deal-style American Climate Corps, theguardian.com (Sep 20, 2023)
Can ‘road ecology’ save millions of animals?, news.mongabay.com (Sep 19, 2023)
People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office, theguardian.com (Sep 18, 2023)
California sues oil companies claiming they downplayed the risk of fossil fuels, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2023)
US launches $1bn tree-planting scheme to mitigate effects of climate crisis, theguardian.com (Sep 14, 2023)
August 2023[edit | edit source]
Free Therapy Putting Philadelphia’s Black Men on a Path to Healing, reasonstobecheerful.world (Aug 30, 2023)
Cities Are Depaving for a Cooler Future, nexusmedianews.com (Aug 24, 2023)
Marvin Hayes Is Spreading ‘Compost Fever’ in Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. He Thinks it Might Save the City., insideclimatenews.org (Aug 20, 2023)
40 percent of US climate emissions attributed to richest households: study, thehill.com (Aug 17, 2023)
Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead, insideclimatenews.org (Aug 15, 2023)
A Community-Led Approach to Stopping Flooding Expands in the Chicago Region, insideclimatenews.org (Aug 15, 2023)
Youth wins climate case against U.S. state of Montana in first-of-its-kind legal ruling, news.mongabay.com (Aug 14, 2023) — by Liz Kimbrough
Defuelling California’s wildfires with sheep, chinadialogue.net (Aug 10, 2023) — If rotated wisely, sheep and cattle can graze away the fuel of deadly wildfires in the American West
This Northern Manhattan Wetland Has Faced Climate-Change-Induced Erosion and Sea Level Rise. A Living Shoreline Has Reimagined the Space, insideclimatenews.org (Aug 03, 2023) — In the process to create a climate-resilient city, the shoreline restoration of one of the largest remaining wetlands in Manhattan has succeeded due to community engagement and consistent stewardship. By Juanita Gordon
How California’s Wiyot Tribe turned to community land trusts to fight for justice, thenews.coop (Aug 03, 2023) — 'Access to the land and going back to their ancestral lands is part of the healing process for a lot of Indigenous groups'
New grant program asks residents to ‘throw shade,’ foster climate resiliency in Flint, flintbeat.com (Aug 02, 2023)
July 2023[edit | edit source]
These Chicago Afghans Have Built A Community On The Soccer Field, borderlessmag.org (Jul 18, 2023)
‘It Affects All of Us’: Free Financial Counseling Helps Tulsans Thrive, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jul 13, 2023)
Microplastics found in the soil on farms used to grow crops, newscientist.com (Jul 12, 2023)
June 2023[edit | edit source]
Fighting climate change by reconnecting to ecosystems in our own backyards, nationalobserver.com (Jun 20, 2023)
The Indigenous forest collective restoring a corner of California, Positive News (Jun 20, 2023)
News collaboratives, youth media outlets, and a newsletter bee (“La Abeja”) buzzing around Latin communities. A better media, in California Central Valley, The Daily Alternative (Jun 17, 2023)
‘My life and my home’: young people start to testify at historic US climate trial, The Guardian (Jun 13, 2023) — The plaintiffs note that Montana’s constitution pledges a healthy environment ‘for present and future generations’
Surviving the smoke-pocalypse 101: Californians offer advice to New Yorkers, theguardian.com (Jun 09, 2023)
‘Game changing’: spate of US lawsuits calls big oil to account for climate crisis, The Guardian (Jun 07, 2023)
April 2023[edit | edit source]
‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance, The Guardian (Apr 25, 2023)
Vacationers Generate 8 Times More Carbon on a Cruise Ship than on Land, foe.org (Apr 18, 2023)
January 2023[edit | edit source]
The Green Jobs Boom Is Benefiting the People Who Need It Most, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jan 10, 2023)
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